MONEY ISSUES – If you are going to put an apartment or a house up for rent, it’s an aspect you’ll be thinking about. If you have free time, good legal knowledge and live near the property, why not manage it all yourself? About 50% of all landlords and 65% of The Particulier’s subscribers (a […]

Make the most of the next few months and give your French garden some TLC. The month of October is already nearly at an end and the weather is still fairly mild and temperate. With the so called Indian summer we had a few weeks ago, there hasn’t been a major change in the weather,

On the 8th September 2011, the French parliament voted a new version for Capital Gains Tax on French properties (it isn’t definitive yet because it has to be approved by the second assembly: the sénat).

Wine cellars are more than just a basic cellar. In some French regions people spend hundreds of hours taking care of them as they can need constant attention, depending on the size of the cellar. In fact, the humidity and temperature can ruin your

There is a simple way to find the best moments to spend time in France: regularly check the Eurostar website as periods when tickets are expensive often mean there is a special event in France such as Christmas,

France’s second biggest city has more to boast about than its dynamism and popularity. With 480,000 inhabitants in the city and 1,430,000 more with the suburbs and satellite towns, Lyon is also a strategic place geographically speaking.